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A. The Colorado Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) provides for the exchange of information on SNAP clients with the Social Security Administration (SSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). B. At initial certification and recertification, all applicants for SNAP shall be notified through a written statement provided on or with the application form that contains the following information: 1. Information available through the IEVS will be requested and verified through collateral sources when discrepancies are found by the local office. 2. Information available through the IEVS shall be used and that such information will be used and may affect the household’s eligibility and level of benefits. C. With respect to all household members, including any excluded household members for whom a Social Security Number (SSN) is available, the agency shall be responsible for requesting verification through the IEVS or directly from locally accessed automated information. All such information shall be requested at the first available opportunity after the date of application. D. The local office shall at a minimum, prior to approval of benefits at initial application, recertification, and periodic report, verify potential earnings or unemployment benefits through the DOLE for all applicants. E. Determination of a household's eligibility and benefit level shall not be delayed past the application processing time standards if verification of information is not available nor shall determination be delayed awaiting verification from the IEVS. F. The local office is required to act upon information received from IEVS within forty-five (45) calendar days of the receipt of that information, except for UIB information received from the DOLE, which must be acted upon in accordance with Section 4.604. G. Some information received through the IEVS is not considered verified and is subject to independent verification by the local office. Benefits shall not be delayed pending receipt of verification from a collateral source, such as an employer, when independently verifying information received from the IEVS. Such verification of IEVS information may include contacting the household in writing informing them of the information received from the IEVS data source and requesting a response within ten (10) calendar days, or by appropriate collateral contact. The following Information received through the IEVS shall be treated as not verified and subject to independent verification by the local office: 1. Wage data from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. 2. Internal Revenue Service unearned income information. H. Through the IEVS, participant SSNs will be matched with source agency records on a regular basis to identify potential earned and unearned income and resources and assets from the following sources: 1. Social Security Administration (SSA) Information received from the Social Security Administration includes: a. Wages, payments of retirement income, Title II Social Security benefits, Title XVI Social Security benefits, pensions, and federal employee earnings maintained by the SSA. b. Federal retirement, survivors disability, SSI, and related information available from SSA through BENDEX (Beneficiary Data Exchange) and SDX (State Data Exchange). 2. State Data Exchange (SDX) and Beneficiary Data Exchange (BENDEX) Death information, SSI benefit amounts, and social security benefit information may be obtained verified through SDX AND BENDEX. See Section 4.504.6, E, for what information from SSA is considered verified upon receipt. 3. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) a. Information received from the DOLE includes wage and unemployment insurance benefits (UIB). Wage data received from the DOLE shall not be considered as verified upon receipt and shall be subject to independent verification. Unemployment information reported through the IEVS shall be verified through the DOLE or by the household. Verification of unemployment compensation insurance benefits, including beginning dates, duration of payments and amount of payments can be obtained from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. b. The local office shall at a minimum, prior to approval of benefits at initial application, recertification, and periodic report, verify potential earnings or unemployment benefits through the DOLE for all applicants, including ineligible and disqualified members’ SSNs. With respect to all members of a participant household, the local office shall use UIB information received through the Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS). Participant SSNs will be matched at least monthly with the DOLE, UIB records. 4. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Unearned income information received from the IRS includes, but is not limited to, interest on checking and savings accounts, dividends, royalties, winnings from betting establishments, and capital gains. Unearned income information from the IRS that is reported through the IEVS shall not be considered as verified upon receipt and shall be subject to independent verification.